2Q13 Performance for Trident Capital’s SaaS Portfolio; Strong Quarter with Upside
The second quarter of the year typically proves to be one of the strongest. This time around not only we were not disappointed but we also started seeing some strong upside for the remainder of the year. Both our enterprise SaaS and adtech platform portfolio companies performed extremely well, and a few (both from enterprise […]
Yikes! Is Oracle Reeling In Salesforce And NetSuite?
The Manchurian Candidate Goes Silicon Valley After two intense days, a real geekfest with clients, and then catching up on the info tech happenings so far this week, I’m exhausted. Yes, we’re all buried in Oracle announcements, and it’s astonishing how wild is some of the coverage. Oracle’s partnering with Microsoft is interesting (you’ll have to […]
Corsello OnDemand… on talent management, modern marketing and a little bit more
“It’s not all about social media, it’s about everything we do being very integrated”. Jason Corsello is VP, Strategy at Cornerstone OnDemand About a decade ago, when I was chugging along in the old-school analyst business, I hired a kid from the West Coast to learn the ropes. I think he was just looking for […]
2013 ERP Market Share Update: SAP Solidifies Market Leadership
During 2012 the worldwide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) market experienced sluggish growth of just 2.2%, yet Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), financial management and Human Capital Management (HCM) applications showed potential for breakout growth. Through the challenging times of the previous year however, SAP still retained worldwide market share leadership. These and other insights were recently published in […]
Don’t Make Your Next Performance Review Suck
Corporate America appears to be doing a very poor job when it comes to aligning goals, providing performance feedback, and actually investing in the development of employees.
The Emergence of Data Scientists
Every year around this time, I like to do a tour of companies, mostly startups, in Silicon Valley. It’s a chance for me to get annual pulse on new trends in “the valley”. Silicon Valley is like no other place. When I grew up there many years ago it was a much different place. […]
Cornerstone OnDemand + Sonar6 = Spectacular Like
As you may have noticed, we are setting sail on a new, exciting journey at Cornerstone OnDemand. Last week, we announced the acquisition of Sonar6. Sonar6, based in Auckland, New Zealand, represents the first acquisition for Cornerstone and a huge opportunity that accelerates our strategy to deliver the best talent management solutions to companies of […]
Can Big Data Predict Your Future Stars?
Within one week, Jeremy Lin, has gone from a relative unknown to a global sensation. In the same week, he went from near unemployment to a sporting sensation now referred as “Linsanity“. Interestingly, about 1 ½ years ago, the Hoops Analyst blog nearly predicted his imminent success. When analyzing his college performance, particularly 2-point field […]
The Biggest Misperception in Talent Management
After digesting just about every blog post, discussion thread, and email predicting what will happen with SAP and SuccessFactors now that they are one, I’ve noticed a prevailing theme – the Talent Management market has changed overnight and even some are predicting the death of independent Talent Management vendors. While I believe the Talent Management […]
What’s in a Cloud?
One of the biggest frustrations in my past life as a “customer advocate” (not consultant) was the complexity involved to buy and deploy talent management solutions. During the past few years, the demand for “integrated talent management suites” has accelerated. Unfortunately, the talent management vendors haven’t met the challenge. They continue to sell discrete “modules” […]
